[omaha] FW: Matts Visit

Mon Jun 24 23:01:51 CEST 2013

I just posted it to the website.  Good idea.

Steve

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh at delasco.com> wrote:

> Jay - would you make sure that this gets out to the Dynamic Lang group?
>
> I've lost track, but has the event gone out to the OLUG list?
>
> Steve, if you would do a write up for the website and tag it as "Python" it
> will make Planet Python which has a good following.  Make sure it covers
> the 5 w's and has a link to the ticket system.
>
> -jeff
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Steve Young <wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Just got my ticket.  Thanks to Burch and Matt for putting this together.
> >
> > In case you haven't thought of this yet you could send a note to
> > http://www.siliconprairienews.com/ to see if they would do a
> > story/promotion.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Burch Kealey <bkealey at unomaha.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think this showed up on the list yet so instead of having it
> held
> > > in the queue I am forwarding it.
> > >
> > > Remember - please comment if you have some better idea then the plans I
> > > laid out.  Not participating means not complaining after I screw things
> > up.
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Matthew Makai [matthew.makai at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 12:53 PM
> > > To: Burch Kealey
> > > Cc: omaha at python.org
> > > Subject: Re: Matts Visit
> > >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I'm looking forward to meeting you all in July! I'll have some good
> > > stories from across the US to share that will be relevant to Omaha. I
> > will
> > > also be in the Midwest several times a year from now on so I hope to
> come
> > > by Omaha Python meetups in the future when our schedules overlap.
> > >
> > > Here's my talk:
> > >
> > > Making Your City's Developer Community Awesome
> > > What differentiates tech communities in cities across the United
> States?
> > > How do you make your community rally around a programming language's
> > > ecosystem and spur genuine excitement every time your group meets? This
> > > talk will show you what the best tech communities do right (hint: it's
> > not
> > > city size that matters), what mistakes they need to correct, and how
> > Omaha
> > > can continue building momentum for its developer community.
> > >
> > > Here's my bio taken from my DjangoCon speaker profile:
> > > "Matt Makai is a traveling software developer visiting thirty cities in
> > > five months from March through August 2013. Matt has been developing
> with
> > > Django since 2007 starting with version 0.96. He develops Django web
> > > applications for clients such as the Consumer Financial Protection
> > Bureau,
> > > Motley Fool, George Washington University, Marriott International, and
> > the
> > > Department of Defense.
> > >
> > > Matt writes two blogs, one on software development and entrepreneurship
> > at
> > > http://www.mattmakai.com/ and another on his current Coding Across
> > > America trip around the United States to visit with technology
> companies
> > at
> > > http://www.codingacrossamerica.com/. He has a B.S. in Computer Science
> > > from James Madison University, an M.S. in Computer Science and
> > Applications
> > > from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in Management of Information Technology
> > from
> > > the University of Virginia."
> > >
> > > When I have the entire presentation together it'll be posted on
> > > http://www.mattmakai.com/pages/presentations.html
> > >
> > > Please pass this on to the other developer meetups, such as PHP, Ruby,
> > and
> > > Java. Some examples I'll use are from Python communities across the
> > United
> > > States, but they'll still be relevant to any programming language
> > community.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Matt Makai
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Matthew Makai <
> matthew.makai at gmail.com
> > > <mailto:matthew.makai at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > This works for me! I'll cover a combination of Python & interesting
> > > stories from what I've seen for building developer communities across
> the
> > > US. If you have specific interests you'd like me to cover please let me
> > > know by email!
> > >
> > > On Jun 22, 2013 9:57 AM, "Burch Kealey" <bkealey at unomaha.edu<mailto:
> > > bkealey at unomaha.edu>> wrote:
> > > I am going to jump off a ledge here and do the following
> > >
> > > 1- Reserve a room at UNO's Mammell Hall for July 1 from 4:30 to 7:30
> > > 2. Plan a 45 minute social arrival window
> > > 3. Schedule Matt to be on for a 'talk' from 5:15 to 6:15
> > > 4. Have up to 1/2 hour for questions and audience exchange
> > > 5. Make arrangements for pizza to be delivered around 6:30
> > > 6: Have more social - mingling time from 6:30/6:45 until 7:30 - pizza
> and
> > > soft drinks
> > > 7. Award a $100 gift card to Manning, O'Reilly or Best-Buy to one of
> the
> > > attendees who registers on the event page I will create using
> Eventbrite
> > > sometime this weekend and is present when we have the drawing.
> > >
> > > Any feedback would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Once I send the Eventbrite link though I would really appreciate it if
> > you
> > > would forward this far and wide - I am assuming right at this moment we
> > can
> > > get the auditorium (the last public event in the auditorium was Warren
> > > Buffett sending his first tweet so Matt will be in august company).
> > >
> > > As an aside I will make sure all the faculty who are teaching at PKI
> > right
> > > now have the link and ask them to send it to their students.
> > >
> > > MATT you have to indicate if this works for you - particularly is the
> > > speaking time enough or too much!!
> > >
> > >
> > > I want to tell you that this is going to be tough because I am
> starting a
> > > sabbatical this week and I thought I was going to get a clean break -
> not
> > > the case (that is a little dry-humor if you don't get it don't sweat
> it).
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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